Do you guys like the look of tow hooks?

[Peezdoutgelo]

i honestly do not know if i do or if i do not. i might get one tho, just for the hell of it.

[Quashish]

the look ...kinda
the fact that every integra, civic, 240sx, celica, has them where i live makes it stupid in my opinion. especially since most are not funtional. i even saw one on the back of a lifted black toyota pickup the other day

[Peezdoutgelo]

woooow. thats how i feel tho too. i dont like it cause so many people have it

[Jarrett]

They look moronic. If it's not functional (Who are we kidding? None of them are.) then you likely had altered curriculum when you were in school. It's like having a fire extinguisher that sprays confetti. You can look at it with a false sense of security that it could be used to help you out of a jam. But should someone ever try to use it you're just going to piss them off and have to explain to them why you think it looks cool.

[deevergote]

Functional = looks good.
Screwed to your plastic bumper cover = makes you look like an idiot.


My car will eventually see track duty. I plan on competing in the Honda Challenge series. Front and rear tow hooks are required. On a track, they're necessary to remove an immobilized vehicle from the track, or a ditch.


A non-functional tow hook is like wearing a cup made of tissue paper on the outside of your pants. It makes people want to kick you in the nuts.

[crazymikey]

Yes I like them. If they came on the car from the factory.

If it's added on and not a race car...lame.

[DjM_coupe]

because race car...only reason to have them. Not a race car; dont get them.

[ryans91CB7]

The fact of the matter is do YOU like them? Personally if I had em I wouldnt use em if I did get stuck... Can't scratch them beauts.. Haha but a lot of people do have em but a lot of people put a lip on there car.. still cool. Just make em suttle don't hang em so far out its an eye sore.

[deevergote]

Yes I like them. If they came on the car from the factory.

If it's added on and not a race car...lame.

What car comes with a tow hook from the factory?

[CyborgGT]

^ Lots of cars have the type that screw into a covered hole in the bumper. German cars in particular come to mind. Some VWs from like a generation or two ago also had actual loops sticking out under the rear bumper, I recall seeing New Beetles with red ones and a friend's Jetta at my work has one.

I'm wanting a hook for the front of my car, it's broken down enough that I'm sick of removing the bumper every time just to get to the tie-down loops, haha! I'm thinking a black one (and not those flimsy aluminum piece-o-shits that are popular) that's in there fairly deep so it's not immediately obvious. I already keep a tow rope in with my spare tire, it's gotten some good use.

[RedFalcoln]

Only if it's on this.

Other then that I saw a white Nissan GTR with a little square cut out on the rear bumper maybe 3 inches in diameter, with a small tow hook and an arrow pointed at it "TOW HERE" that looked pretty cool.

[h22sparkle]

I honestly cant stop shaking my damn head everytime I see this kind of thing. Some people just are plain followers or are trying to fit in hard in the scene which I rather not understand.

I honestly if I was to install something like this I would only have it visible when its only going onto the towtruck if my cars that damn low. The next thing I would install it in such a way where it would be retractable so that noone would even know the shit is there just for easier access.

[Tippey764]

i honestly do not know if i do or if i do not. i might get one tho, just for the hell of it.

Well we can't tell you if you like it because we're not you.

[cb7sk8rdude]

I like them if they do their job. In the winter and on the track it makes sense ,but if you have one just for looks I don't see why it needs to be there.

[jdm_inspired]

No.

But to each their own.